[CB-4798] Built in geolocation breaks the continuous background execution

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-geolocation, cordova-wp8 (DEPRECATED)
• Labels: background geolocation triaged wp8
• Assignee: Jesse MacFadyen
• Reporter: Jonathan Naguin
• Created: 12/Sep/13 15:36
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:52
• Resolved: 03/Mar/17 19:35

Description

The current Geolocation implementation of Cordova is using the built-in on Internet Explorer 10.

This implementation breaks the possibility of run the application on background.

After running a simple code as:

 
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(gps.onSuccess, gps.onError, {
     enableHighAccuracy: true,
     timeout: 3000
});

And pushing the Home button, the app is deactivated instead of receiving the RunningInBackground event (reason: ApplicationAction).

I tried with a C# native implentation of Geolocation and solves the problem.

Related with: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-4692

Issue Links

• relates to: CB-4692 Native GeoLocation support is not fully working